Babau — Nicolas Gaunin — Too Early/too Late

A double bill at The Horse Hospital in London, pairing the Italian electronic duo Babau with the musician Nicolas Gaunin, with the guitar-led project Too Early/Too Late also on the bill.

Babau is an Italian duo made up of Luigi Monteanni and Matteo Pennesi. Their work sits where exotica, computer music and transglobal sound subcultures meet, shaped by the post-internet era. They have released on the Discrepant and Artetetra labels, and a further record is forthcoming on Impatience. Their approach treats sound as a means of building digital myths.

Nicolas Gaunin is an Italian artist who works as a film scorer. Alongside a solo electronic project under the same name, which builds hypnotic, off-kilter grooves from African percussion patterns, they play in the outsider rock groups The Lay Llamas and Orange Car Crash. Film work includes collaborations with the director Luca Zambolin and with Elisa Strinna.

Too Early/Too Late is described as melodic funk with a muted, emotional karate core. The project brings together Simne Donadni, also of Rainbow Island and Trans Upper Egypt, and Andrea Giommi, also of Sons of Viljems and The Glass Key. Their debut album combines intricate guitar interplay, broken-machine grooves and cinematic Italian melancholy. The Horse Hospital hosts concerts and shows in London, and the evening is presented by Mirror TV and Artetetra.